no secret that there are Linux users live distributions, allowing to boot from removable media.They are designed for easy operation on different machines.And it has to offer on this issue to Microsoft?Practically nothing.But the installation of Windows XP on a USB stick would be a great outlet for those who prefer the operating system.After all, the all new computers and laptops are now pre-install Windows 7 as quickly and completely out of tablet-oriented Windows 8. And here - put the stick, and after a couple of minutes later booted loved OS.The people, however, who is very inventive, long understood as installing Windows XP on a USB flash drive.Get ready for a fairly complex and lengthy process, but also a decent result - fully operational system running Windows XP on a flash drive.Here's the sequence of your actions:
1. Pre-need to disconnect all internal and external hard drives, and all memory cards.
2. Now put the stick into the system and run the installer Wndows with the boot disk in the "text only", without waiting for the graphic part of the installation.
3. After installation is complete, connect the internal hard drive and ship with him.
4. Use Registry Editor (File & gt; Load Hive) import SYSTEM registry hive stick called 123 (you can find it: the name of the stick drive: \ Windows \ SYSTEM32 \ Config).You then need to apply the patch usbboot.reg, which can be easily found through Yandex
5. Now it will be necessary to unload the 123 regular way.
6. Turn off the internal hard drive and continue the installation Wndows the stick.
7. As a result, the system has successfully loaded.Install Windows XP on a USB flash drive is not so hard, is not it?
8. After the installation is required to convert the stick so that it is defined as a hard disk.To do this, download the driver Hitachi Microdrive, and change the contents of a file from the distribution cfadisk.inf driver (set to a string cfadisk_install our stick device code extracted from the Device Manager).
So install Windows XP on a USB flash drive is complete.Since the flash drive is built on a different principle than the hard drive, it is desirable to configure the system as follows:
1. Disable paging file.Permanent append it from RAM to anything.It only reduce the life of the carrier (you remember that the flash memory is designed for a much smaller number of read / write cycles than the traditional hard drive)
2. Set up a basket - delete files immediately.The reason for this is also clear.Still less bulky flash drive, it is necessary to save space.
3. Switch off the "System Restore."Firstly, it eats wasted resources, and secondly, on a flash card is simply not needed.And thirdly, load carrier extra treatment, lowering resource.
4. To improve the performance of our system, you can also use a specialized module EWF, used on devices that use an embedded version of Windows XP - ATMs, terminals, "smart home" and so on.This module significantly reduces the amount of disk access.
This is very handy when it comes to media based on flash memory and SSD.However, it should be noted that with the advent of more sophisticated and durable models with SSD this statement loses relevance.Technology implementation of EWF - volatile overlay where applications execute.Record on the hard disk are available upon request when you have switch off the terminal.This achieves an excellent performance flash distribution c XP.A similar technology is implemented in the Linux distribution Puppy Linux.Thus, after setting all the parameters of running Windows XP, when Windows XP installation has been completed, you can set the EWF.By the way, is another distinct advantage EWF - the system always remains the same as at the time of installation, unless you want to record on the disc.But there is a slight drawback - the area use the stick with XP will be limited to only a PC with a lot of RAM (1 GB).However, this is not a problem for today's PCs, is not it?
Perhaps this finish our educational program, which is described briefly as it may be done installing Windows XP on a USB flash drive, and distribution settings are on the flash drive.Of course, on this subject, you can write more than one publication, but this is beyond the scope.
